remington viper problems

jethro75

September 06, 2009 09:52

i know this gun is a piece of junk, and i should just buy a 10/22. but a guy brought this to me to fix, and it is driving me nuts. it will shoot, it will eject, it will load a new shell from magazine. it will not reset the firing pin to fire the second round. i have tried cci standard, cci mini mag, cci blazer, american eagle high velocity, remington gold high velocity, yellow jackets, stingers, nothing seems to work. any ideas appreciated. thanks

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  rufe-snow

  September 06, 2009 10:22

  It seems it has to be a problem with the sear, striker/firing pin interface. Take it apart, check the spring that tensions the sear, and the face of the sear that contacts the striker/firing pin.
  
  I would first replace the sear spring, then the sear itself if it shows a inordinate amount of wear, and the replacement of the sear spring hasn't alleviated the problem.

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  tsr1965

  September 06, 2009 14:24

  It sounds to me like BUBBA has already had this rifle apart...most likely trying to get a better trigger pull. In doing so has forgotten to put the disconnector back in, or taken to much off the sear/hammer/striker. It will stay in tact when manually operating the charging handle, but when you let it fire on its own, it will not hold the Hammer/striker back. Could be that it just needs a real good cleaning also.
  
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